Viewtopia 08/04/09: Top 5 DVDs of the Week (With Video!)

This week, Disney's Race to Witch Mountain delivers a sci-fi actioner that the whole family can enjoy. Comedy fans can revel in the latest seasons of Flight of the Conchords and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.

Race to Witch Mountain Two-Disc Extended Edition (2009)

Dwayne Johnson may have left "The Rock" behind him, but the ex-wrestler continues to deliver his easy-going, onscreen charisma to both action and comedy films alike. Director Andy Fickman (The Game Plan) sets out to create a new chapter in Disney's classic Witch Mountain franchise rather than an outright remake. Fickman took key elements from the 1975 film, Escape to Witch Mountain, but completely did away with the original's mystery opting for pure action instead. Las Vegas hack Jack Bruno (Johnson) is in for the ride of his life when his young passengers, Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig), are in big trouble. The two kids are actually aliens who crashed on a mission to save their planet and must now evade agents of both our military, and theirs, who are out to stop them. Jack and the kids, with the help of UFOlogist Dr. Alex Friedman (Watchmen's Carla Gugino) must travel to the government's Witch Mountain base to retrieve their captured ship and return to their planet in time to stop the invasion of Earth.

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Extras include:

* Deleted scenes

* Bloopers

Mutant Chronicles: Director's Cut Two-Disc Collector's Edition (2008)

Like Zack Snyder's 300, director Simon Hunter's Mutant Chronicles was made using digital sets allowing the filmmakers total control over the picture. With over 2000 visual effects shots, Mutant Chronicles set a British record in the process. Based on the the Role-Playing-Game of the same name, Mutant Chronicles takes place in the year 2707 and war rages between Earth's four giant Corporations. Amidst the fighting, an ancient machine is discovered and unleashes a plague of mutants which quickly overtakes the armies and drives humankind from the planet. Brother Samuel (Hellboy's Ron Perlman) knows the secret to destroying the mutants for good and organizes a strike team for an assault on the machine from among the survivors, including Major Hunter (Thomas Jane), Corporal Duval (Devon Aoki), Captain Michaels (Pras) and Captain Rooker (Sean Pertwee).

>Extras include:

* Commentary by director Simon Hunter and Ron Perlman

* "The Making Of"

* Deleted scenes

* Green screen and Storyboard comparisons

* Promotional teaser

* "Making Of" promotional teaser

* Interviews with cast and crew

* "HDNet: A Look At Mutant Chronicles"

* Storyboards

* Concept art visual effects

* Comic-Con panel Q&A

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!: Season Three (2009)

Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim met while both attended Temple University in the '90s and became comedy-writing partners. Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! expands on the live-action portions of their earlier Adult Swim series, Tom Goes to the Mayor, including fake commercials, news segments (featuring Channel 5's Only Married News Team, Jan (Heidecker) and Wayne (Wareheim) Skylar), music videos and public access television. Season three includes Jazz Sessions, Brule's Rules with Dr. Steve Brule (John C. Reilly), the Jim and Derrick Show, C.O.R.B.s (Cops on Recumbent Bikes) and more.